A cilia-dependent inflammatory programme links bacterial detection to kidney disease
Amandine Aka, Joran Martin, Fanny Kopp, Teresa Bulfone, Samuel Chauvin, Camille Cohen, Martine Burtin, E. Wolfgang Kuehn, Anne‐Sophie Dangeard, Maryse Moya‐Nilges, Nicolas Cagnard, Nicolas Goudin, Meriem Garfa‐Traoré, Marceau Quatredeniers, Cong Xu, , Frank Bienaimé
The paper shows primary cilia on kidney tubular cells initiate a fibro-inflammatory program in response to bacterial components, linking pathogen detection to kidney disease progression.
bioRxiv · Apr 28, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology